Baby-carriage.



"1Vl. FRIED.

BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED O0T.8, 1910.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

, IN VENZZUE AITHENZY;

an aeaa sTATEs PAT,

MARCUS FRIED, F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

' BABY-CARRIAGE.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, MARCUS FRIED, a subject of Austria-Hungary, residing at Provideuce, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvementdn Baby-Carriages, of.

whichthe following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an 1mprovement in hand propelled vehicles and whole, is in a practically fixed position relative to the running gear. In going down stairs, down hill or o'fl' a curbstone, the front of the body inclines downward and the baby or child slides down in the body toward the front of the carriage, also in gonovel construction of a baby ing up a hill or curbstone the back of the body inclines downward and the baby or child slides down in the body toward the back of-the carriage. This inclining or tilting of the carriage underthese-co-nditions,

throws the baby or child into an uncomfortable position and usually wakes the baby "and at a time when it is desired that the baby or child should bis-sleeping.

The object of ny invention is toimprove the construction of a baby carriage whereby when. the running gear of the carriage inclines at arr angle, as in going up or down hill, the body of the carriage may be ad justed to a horizontal or level position.

it further object of my invention is to constructa baby'carriage so that the body of the carriage may be. adjusted parallel with or at any angle, required, relative to the running gear and held in the adjusted position.

My invention consists in the peculiar and carriage, said v baby carriage having details of construction,

as will be more fully set forth hereinafter and claimed.

Figure 1. is a side view of a baby carriage embodying my invention and showing the body and running gear on a level or horizontal plane. Fig. 2. is a side View of the baby carriage on a reduced scale, showing the'body on a horizontal plane and the running gear at an upward angle, as in going up' hill.- Fig. 3. is a side view similar to 2. showing the body level or on a horizontal plane and the running-gear" at a downward angle, as in going down stairs, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 8, 1910.

Therbody 10. has a lower Patented Jan. 9, 1912;. Serial No. 585,999.

Fig. this an enlarged detail. view of a portion of the running gear frame and the lower end of the connecting rod.

In the drawings, 5. indicates the runninggear of my improved baby carriage which consists of'a horizontal frame-6. having a rea'rwardly extending arm 7. on the side and preferably semicircular ing sides 8. one onl The four wheels 9'; Sit shown, are rotatably secured front and'back to the frame 6. in any well known way. frame 11. supporting the bottom or seat and an upwardly extending handle member 12. otherwise the of which is shown.

body 10. may have the construction of any Ii one of the well known forms of baby carriage body constructions. 4 the body 10. is pivotally secured'to the running gear at 13. by boltsor other means, the pivot connections being preferably at the center line of the running gear and body, as shown in Fig. 1. A pivot member 14. in the form of a segmental gear, is secured to the handle member 12. and forms a pivot for a bell-crank lever 15. which is pivotally secured at '16. by a'bolt or other means. The bell-crank lever 15. has a forwardly extending arm 17and an upwardly extending arm 18. terminating in. a handle 19. and carrying a spring actuated latch 20. which engages with the teeth on the pivot member 14. A connecting rod 21. is pivotally secured at its up eLend to the end of the arm 17. and at its lower end to the rearwardly eixtending arm ion the running gear frame. The latch 20. has. an operating finger 22. adjacent the handle 19..on the bell-crank lever 15. as shown in Fig. 1.

In the operation of my improved baby carriage, for goingzup hill, the handle 19. is

grasped by the hand and the natural closing movement of the hand operates the finger 22. to release the latch'20. The handle 19. is then pushed forward and operates through the arms'18. and 17. the rod 21. and the arm 7. to'raise the rear and lower the front of the carriage body 10. on the pivot at 13. until the body is brought to a horizontal line, when the finger 22. is released and the latch, engaging with the teeth on the member. 14. locks the body 10. of the carriage in a level or horizontal position, as shown in Fig- 2. In going down stairs-or down hill, the handle 19. is pulled rearwardly to bring the body '10. into the dewo only of which are upwardly extend- Y The frame 11. of v &

sired horizontal osition, as shown in Fig. 3. and locked in t e adjusted position. The whole body 10. may be adjusted for any intermediate position to bring the same to a level or horizontal plane, on any up or down grade, on which the carriage would or could be used.

It is evident that the construction of my improved baby carriage could be varied for the urpose specified, without materially affectmg the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a baby carriage and the like, a runninggear comprising a frame, upwardly I extending semi-circular sides on the frame,

a rearwardly extending arm on the frame, Wheels rotatably secured to the frame, a body pivotally secured to the semi-circular .sides of the running-gear frame and adapted arm on the running-gear, a baby carriage body pivotally secured to the side members nor race on the running-gear whereby the whole baby carriage body may be adjusted to a 'liorizontal position in goingup or down hill, a handle member on the body, a bellcrank lever pivotally secured to the handle member, a rod connecting the bell-crank lever with the rearwardly extending arm on the runninggear and means for adjustably securing the bell-crank lever to the handle member.

3. A baby carriage, comprising a runninggear 5. having a rearwardly extending arm 7. and upwardly extending sides 8. a baby carriage body 10. pivotally secured to the upwardly extending sides 8., and having an upwardly extending handle member 12, a pivot member 14. in the form of a segmental gear secured to the handle member 12, a bell-crank lever 15. pivotally secured to the pivot member let. and having a forwardly extending arm 1?. and an upwardly extending arm 18. terminating in a handle 19. and carrying a spring actuated latch 20, which engages with the teeth on the pivot member 14, and a connecting rod 21. pivotally secured at its upper end to, the end of the arm 17. and at its lower end to the rearwardly extending arm 7 on the running-gear.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

MARCUS FRIED.

- Witnesses:

VVILLIAM' C. H. BRAND, CHAS. H. LUTHER. 

